And everything is STUPID: Laura Loomer compares losing her blue check on Twitter to the Holocaust

Yesterday Twitter announced in all its infinite wisdom some new rules around verification of accounts. In the past, Twitter supposedly only verified accounts to ensure the person using the account was really them to prevent folks from impersonating famous people.

Over time it became a status symbol, and instead of dealing with that at a very basic level, Twitter doubled down and removed the much coveted blue checks from several people based on their content and ideas … like Laura Loomer.

I don’t care who you are: This woman earnestly comparing losing her blue checkmark to the Holocaust is objectively the funniest thing on this website tonight. pic.twitter.com/RH7NWkqTbr

Nope. You still have an account. You can still write and post and – let’s be clear – THEY ARE NOT THE GOVERNMENT AND THEY DO NOT HAVE THE POWER TO IMPRISON OR EXTERMINATE YOU OR DECLARE WAR SO THE ANALOGY DOES NOT REALLY HOLD

Not to mention that Twitter is a private entity and they are in no way obligated to give anyone a blue check or even allow them to tweet. So if it’s politically motivated, eh. It’s their site and their company, and if you don’t like their politics you don’t have to be on their site.